It was already announced several days ago, but now it's here, the new Refraction beta. It's the last one in the Early Bird Licensing Program, which means that the next version to appear will cost you 80 Euros, and won't provide you of a free update to Refraction 1.5.

The new beta incorporates a number of significant changes and fixes. For those who already have a license: do not forget to check for your new serial and product key [Ed. Note: Aw, there goes my "Eddyspeeder1" license]. Refraction is now also available in several languages.

You can now also try Refraction yourself as it is now available from BeBits. The demo version does not allow you to print and save, and its image is watermarked. Playing with Refraction will prove to you that this application is closing in on Adobe PhotoShop and Jasc Paint Shop Pro.